Abstract
Indonesia as the largest tropical agricultural countries support natural conditions make Indonesia a country rich in agricultural products. The objective of this research was to analyze the influence of economic pressures, financial management, gender relations, and livelihood strategies toward the farmer families quality of life. This research used a quantitative study design. The research took place in West Java. Sixty respondents were chosen from the farmer's wife that selected by using a simple random sampling. Data were collected directly using a structured questionnaire. Partial Least Square analyzed data. The results show that farmers' family economic pressure significantly affects livelihood strategy and quality of life, gender relations significantly affect livelihood strategy and financial management, and financial management significantly affects the quality of life. As suggestions, farmers families should further improve their livelihood strategies and financial management by understanding the importance of limited use of family resources. The implications for government are providing programs to improve quality of life, by forming cooperatives involving the role of farmers' wives.
Highlights
Indonesia is one of the largest tropical agricultural countries in the world which has abundant biodiversity
The structural-functional theory approach is used in this study which views that a balanced division of roles and functions is the family's foundation in carrying out gender relations, financial management, and livelihood strategies to achieve the quality of life
The farmer family is in the productive age (18-65 years), so that the potential to carry out economic activities is relatively high
Summary
Indonesia is one of the largest tropical agricultural countries in the world which has abundant biodiversity. Supporting natural conditions makes Indonesia a country rich in agricultural products (Basrowi & Juariyah, 2010). People's livelihoods in the agricultural sector in Indonesia are generally lowland rice farmers (Sunarti & Sumarno, 2011). The results of the analysis of the characteristics of farmers' businesses show that food crop farmers dominate agricultural households, the average per capita income based on business in the pure rural sector as a result of the 2013 Agricultural Census is below the poverty line. The education level of farmers is still very low, namely not completing elementary school (38%) and completing elementary school (33-42%), agricultural households that do not have health insurance are classified as high, namely 53.96 per cent (Sabarella et al, 2014)
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